ilitary on the morning of December 3rd, and was the first surgeon
who entered the Eureka Stockade after the fight was over. He found
twelve men dead in it, and twelve more mortally wounded. This was
about all the information he vouchsafed to give me. I was anxious
for particulars. I wanted to know what arms he carried to the fray,
whether he touched up his sword on the grind-stone before sallying
forth, how many men or women he had called upon to stand in the name
of her gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, how many skulls he had
cloven, how many diggers he had "slewed," and how many peaceful
prisoners he had brought back to the Government camp. On all these
points he was silent, and during his stay with me he spoke as little
as possible, neither reading, writing, nor walking about. But there
was something to be learned from the papers. He had been a witness
at the inquest on Scobie, killed by Bentley and two others, and
principally on his evidence Bentley was discharged, but was
afterwards re-arrested and condemned to three years' imprisonment.
Dr. Carr was regarded as a "colluding associate" with Bentley and
Dewes, the magistrate, and the official condemnation of Dewes
confirmed the popular denunciation of them. At a dinner given to Mr.
Tarleton, the American Consul, Dr. Otway, the Chairman said:

"While I and my fellow-colonists are thoroughly loyal to our
Sovereign Lady, the Queen, we do not, and will not, respect her men
servants, her maid servants, her oxen, or her asses."

A Commission was coming to Ballarat to report on wrong doings there,
and they were looking for witnesses. On Friday, December 8th, the
camp surgeon and Dr. Carr had a narrow escape from being shot. While
the former gentleman was entering the hospital he was fired at by one
of the sentries. The ball passed close to the shoulder of Dr. Carr,
who was reading inside, went through the lid of the open medicine
chest, and some splinters struck him on the side. There were in the
hospital at that time seven diggers seriously wounded and six
soldiers, including the drummer boy. Troubles were coming in crowds,
and the bullet, the splinters, and the Commission put the little
doctor to flight. He left the seven diggers, the five soldiers, and
the drummer boy in the hospital, and made straight for Colac. Fear
dogged his footsteps wherever he went, and the mere sight of him had
sent the impudent thief Lilias to hide behind the tussocks.

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